The Pony kicks off his
Scholar Bowl season this evening, with three matches against local schools. He
has anticipated this day since August. Possible even since last April, at the
end of the previous season.
Let the record show
that The Pony will not be unprepared. The bus leaves at 3:15, with the first
match starting at 4:00. No time to stop for sustenance. In past years, the
coach has let the team members partake of the snacks for the after-school
programs before boarding the bus. One snack. One drink. However…The Pony does
not like milk, so the drink is out. The snack depends. He’ll only eat a few of
the offerings. Instead, he opted to bring a slice of last night’s Domino’s
cheese pizza, and a donut from Casey’s that he picked up this morning.
Yesterday morning, I
had to stop by Casey’s for a scratch-off ticket. No, I’m not that addicted. But
I wanted to put it in a card for Genius. His grandma used to send him a card
every week, with six dollars enclosed. His freshman year it was five dollars,
but apparently the old gal gave him a COLA. With her out of commission of late,
I know she would want me to send Genius a card and money.
Last year I send
Genius a card every now and then, with lottery tickets. He complained that he
never won, and that at least Grandma’s money was a sure thing. “She gives you
cash, I give you hope.” He agreed, after hitting it big with a $20 winner.
That’s like a month’s salary to a college kid.
Anyhoo…The Pony went
in with me yesterday for a donut. Two. He wanted one to put in his lunch. Yes,
that’s allowed at his school. The lunch police are lax during third lunch
shift. He ate one for breakfast. Not a lunch policeman, a donut. In fact, he said, “You know I had that first donut eaten
before we even got out of the parking lot.” So this morning he got four. Two
for breakfast, one for lunch, and one for the pre-Scholar snack. I might
consider this unhealthy, but he’s a sixteen-year-old boy going without supper
until after 7:00 p.m. That’s an eternity for a kid.
Here’s to wishing
Genius a little winner, and The Pony a big win. Val lives vicariously
through her spawn.
Good luck to your spawn.
ReplyDeleteI hope they win, but I know they'll make you proud.
ReplyDeleteSo, did you swim upriver, almost twenty years ago, to spawn, narrowly avoiding the bears?
ReplyDeleteGood grief, I must get to the eye doc. I thought you had written, "Here's to wishing Genius a little wiener and Pony a big one. I thought you meant hot dogs of course, since you were talking about crap food (donuts reside in me and on me). Hope they both won big!
ReplyDeleteJust hope Pony doesn't go to sleep with all those donut carbs in him.
ReplyDeleteAnd I always hope for a lottery winner but like the guy who sells me my weekly ticket says: It's a guaranteed winner. Either for you or the state.
joeh,
ReplyDeleteI thank you and my spawn thanks you. Now keep those fingers and toes crossed indefinitely.
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Stephen,
Spoken like a true spawner himself. You are correct, sir.
Genius's ticket is still in transit, or in the storage locker of a portly mailman. The Pony's team won two out of three. Ain't bad.
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Sioux,
Back in my day, we swam up river both ways, in floodwaters, dodging black bears and brown bears and grizzly bears--a whole cornucopia of Bubba-Gump-listed bears, and we LIKED it!
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Linda,
Perhaps you need more wiener. The hot dogs, of course. Now I think I'll make up some T-shirts to sell on the counter of my proposed handbasket factory, like those cowbell shirts. "Needs More Wiener."
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Catalyst,
Funny how The Pony did not want a donut this morning when I offered to take him by to get one.
You can't win if you don't play!
Maybe I will send He Who to grab some scratch-offs. My competitor across the interstate won $75,000!!!!! That might pay for the well!!
ReplyDeleteWell, I guess you just live on the wrong side of the interstate!
DeleteMy best luck is on the $5 scratchers. I go to molottery.com to see which of the five dollar tickets have the most good prizes. Like how many $100 prizes are left, or $500 prizes. Because that's the best odds. If I win that kind of prize, I can play more. I don't count on winning one of the few jackpots, just the smaller ones that are more abundant.